3. Site Description: Edutopia, and educational site supported by The George Lucas Educational Foundation, was established to address the issue of slow educational change in a ever-quickeningly changing world. Edutopia uses six core concepts to determine what works to best educate students of in the 21st century. The core concepts used are: Integrated Studies, Project Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Comprehensive Assessment, Technology Integration, and Teacher Development. The blog "How to Go Global in Your Classroom",orginally started by Bob Lenz, can be found on the Edutopia website and discusses/promotes the use of available technologies to expand the educational experience for students through collaboration with students from other parts of the world.
4. Site Resources: Edutopia is mainly an educational blogging site that supports an educational magazine of the same name. In addition to its blogging capabilities, there are various videos educators can access to gain insight into students lives and see examples of how new technologies can and are being used within the classroom.
5. Utility Evaluation: The Edutopia website is an educational bloggers dream! Twelve professionals in the field of education constantly post new blogs, and many are highly active discussions. New ideas for enhancing the classroom to meet the needs of today’s students are just a click away at Edutopia!
3. Site Description: Free Technology for Teachers is a blog site by Richard Byrne. In it, Mr. Byrne introduces technologies that are useful in the classroom and offers instructions on how to use them to integrate technology in the classroom.
4. Site Resources: This site is jam packed with useful ideas, information, and dialogue to help teachers in incorporating technology into the everyday school lesson. From the home page, you can chose to find technologies that relate to certain curriculum areas, chose educational alternatives to the ever-popular YouTube, peruse through a list of blogs that Mr. Byrne subscribes to, or search through the ample archives of Free Technology for Teachers.
5. Utility Evaluation: This website is great to go to when looking for a way to implement technology in the classroom. An easy search from the home page will render anyone desperate for technological help numerous ideas of how to use or implement a tech lesson. Ample links make navigation simple and easy. While initially the page can overwhelm the reader with type, a quick scan of the site shows that usage is simple. This is a great tool for any educator wanting to expand their use of technology!
3. Site Description: American Rhetoric is a website dedicated to bringing the important persuational dialoges that have shaped our world to our fingertips. Built and maintained by University of Texax at Tyler Professor Michael Eidenmuller, American Rhetoric is a bank of nearly every important speech from American History can be found here!
4. Site Resources: American Rhetoric is a great resource for any social studies teacher who wants to include primary sources within the class. The site offers speeches in text form, many in original recorded format, and some even in video format. This site also offers speeches from movies in video format, which can be used to help illustrate a historical point and invigorate students through a medium that they are familiar with.
5. Utility Evaluation: American Rhetoric is a simple, easy website to use and navigate. It has easy-to-find links to the information desired, and a search feature which allows for a no-hassle way to find any material needed. This resource is relevant and can help to add a bit of fun to the social studies classroom.
1. Blog Title: How to Go Global in Your Classroom
http://www.edutopia.org/technology-global-classroom#comment-63245
2. At a Glance Rating: 1
3. Site Description: Edutopia, and educational site supported by The George Lucas Educational Foundation, was established to address the issue of slow educational change in a ever-quickeningly changing world. Edutopia uses six core concepts to determine what works to best educate students of in the 21st century. The core concepts used are: Integrated Studies, Project Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Comprehensive Assessment, Technology Integration, and Teacher Development. The blog "How to Go Global in Your Classroom",orginally started by Bob Lenz, can be found on the Edutopia website and discusses/promotes the use of available technologies to expand the educational experience for students through collaboration with students from other parts of the world.
4. Site Resources: Edutopia is mainly an educational blogging site that supports an educational magazine of the same name. In addition to its blogging capabilities, there are various videos educators can access to gain insight into students lives and see examples of how new technologies can and are being used within the classroom.
5. Utility Evaluation: The Edutopia website is an educational bloggers dream! Twelve professionals in the field of education constantly post new blogs, and many are highly active discussions. New ideas for enhancing the classroom to meet the needs of today’s students are just a click away at Edutopia!
1. Blog Site Title: Free Technology for Teachers
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
2. At a Glance Rating: 1
3. Site Description: Free Technology for Teachers is a blog site by Richard Byrne. In it, Mr. Byrne introduces technologies that are useful in the classroom and offers instructions on how to use them to integrate technology in the classroom.
4. Site Resources: This site is jam packed with useful ideas, information, and dialogue to help teachers in incorporating technology into the everyday school lesson. From the home page, you can chose to find technologies that relate to certain curriculum areas, chose educational alternatives to the ever-popular YouTube, peruse through a list of blogs that Mr. Byrne subscribes to, or search through the ample archives of Free Technology for Teachers.
5. Utility Evaluation: This website is great to go to when looking for a way to implement technology in the classroom. An easy search from the home page will render anyone desperate for technological help numerous ideas of how to use or implement a tech lesson. Ample links make navigation simple and easy. While initially the page can overwhelm the reader with type, a quick scan of the site shows that usage is simple. This is a great tool for any educator wanting to expand their use of technology!
1. Website Title: American Rhetoric
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
2. At a Glance Rating: 1
3. Site Description: American Rhetoric is a website dedicated to bringing the important persuational dialoges that have shaped our world to our fingertips. Built and maintained by University of Texax at Tyler Professor Michael Eidenmuller, American Rhetoric is a bank of nearly every important speech from American History can be found here!
4. Site Resources: American Rhetoric is a great resource for any social studies teacher who wants to include primary sources within the class. The site offers speeches in text form, many in original recorded format, and some even in video format. This site also offers speeches from movies in video format, which can be used to help illustrate a historical point and invigorate students through a medium that they are familiar with.
5. Utility Evaluation: American Rhetoric is a simple, easy website to use and navigate. It has easy-to-find links to the information desired, and a search feature which allows for a no-hassle way to find any material needed. This resource is relevant and can help to add a bit of fun to the social studies classroom.